International Fugitive Home Healthcare Owner Sentenced for Fraudulent Billing
A Michigan home healthcare company owner was sentenced to three years and five months in prison for his role in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that resulted in almost $7.9 million…
Read More »Minnesota Nursing Home Employee Recorded Humiliating Videos of Residents
A nursing home employee abused four residents by posting humiliating videos and photos of them on the instant messaging app Snapchat, in addition to physically abusing one of the residents,…
Read More »Former Alabama Oncologist Sentenced for Illegal Opioid Prescribing
A former oncologist in Decatur has been sentenced for illegally prescribing drugs, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, announced US Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent in Charge…
Read More »Owner of Florida Healthcare Companies Pleads Guilty to Tax Crimes
A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court in Miami to not paying employment taxes and not filing his individual income tax returns. According to court documents, Paul Walczak, of…
Read More »Manhattan Home Health Aide Indicted for Allegedly Stealing $24K from Clients
A home health aide was indicted for allegedly stealing $24,000 from older homebound adults in her care and attempting to steal thousands more, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced Thursday.
Read More »Woman Indicted, Accused of Stealing from Ohio Nursing Home
A woman from Monongahela, Pennsylvania has been indicted and accused of stealing from elderly victims and a nursing home in Calcutta.
Read More »QOL Medical and CEO to Pay $47M for Alleged Kickbacks
Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical LLC (QOL) and its co-owner and CEO, Frederick E. Cooper, have agreed to pay $47 million to resolve allegations that they caused the submission of false…
Read More »New York Doctor Pleads Guilty to Healthcare Fraud
A New York doctor pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston for receiving kickbacks in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans. Dr. Kenneth Fishberger, 75, an internist in Long…
Read More »Fake Nurse Worked at Multiple Hospitals in LA County, Police Say
Police have arrested a woman who they say has been posing as a nurse and working at hospitals throughout Los Angeles County without a license.
Read More »Woman Charged with Exposing Herself to Nursing Home Residents
A woman is charged after exposing herself to residents at the nursing home in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, where she worked, police say.
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